In January 2023, Netflix is adding a variety of movies and TV shows, among them a crime anthology TV series, a mystery thriller movie based on a novel, season 2 of Vikings’ sequel TV series, That ‘70s Show’s spinoff series, a fantasy TV series about ghosts, a rom-com starring various well-known comedy actors, and a lot more. December saw the last big releases of 2022, such as the drama movie Lady Chatterley’s Lover, the stop-motion animated movie Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the documentary series Harry & Meghan, Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s BARDO, the spy-action TV series The Recruit, Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, the fantasy miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin, season 3 of Emily in Paris, and the thriller TV series Treason.
2023 is starting with a bang over at Netflix with a wide variety of titles, and on the licensed content front, some of the titles that will be added in January are Ang Lee’s drama movie Brokeback Mountain, Robert Zemeckis’ Forrest Gump, the 1970’s musical Grease, the slasher movie I Know What You Did Last Summer, Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator, Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, all movies in the Rocky franchise, and a lot more. As for original content, Netflix will kick 2023 off with a mystery thriller starring Christian Bale, season 2 of Vikings: Valhalla, the return to Point Place but in the 1990s, and more. Here’s everything releasing on Netflix in January 2023.
January 1st
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
Blue Streak (1999)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Closer (2004)
Daddy Day Care (2003)
Fletch (1985)
Forrest Gump (1994)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
Grease (1978)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
King Kong (2005)
Kimi ni todoke: From Me To You (Multiple Seasons)
Leap Year (2010)
LEGO Friends: Heartlake Stories (Limited Series)
Life (2017)
Minority Report (2002)
Monster (Multiple Seasons)
Mousa (2021)
National Security (2003)
New Amsterdam (Multiple Seasons)
Old People! (Season 2)
The Aviator (2004)
The ‘Burbs (1989)
The Conjuring (2013)
The Mindy Project (Multiple Seasons)
The Nutty Professor (1996)
The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
The Raid 2 (2014)
Old Enough! (Season 2)
Parenthood (1989)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Rocky
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Rocky V
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Survivor (New Seasons)
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
This Is 40 (2012)
Top Gun (1986)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Twins (1988)
You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
The Way of the Househusband (Season 2) – Netflix Original
Lady Voyeur – Netflix Original
Kaleidoscope – Netflix Original
Spanning 25 years, Kaleidoscope (previously titled Jigsaw) is an all-new anthology series following a crew of masterful thieves and their attempt to crack a seemingly unbreakable vault for the biggest payday in history. Guarded by the world’s most powerful corporate security team, and with law enforcement on the case, every episode reveals a piece of an elaborate puzzle of corruption, greed, vengeance, scheming, loyalties and betrayals. How did the crew of thieves plan it? Who gets away with it? Who can be trusted?
January 4
How I Became a Gangster – Netflix Original
MADOFF: The Monster of Wall Street – Netflix Original
The Kings of the World – Netflix Original
The Lying Life of Adults – Netflix Original
The lying life of adults is a powerful and singular portrait of Giovanna's transition from childhood to adolescence in the 1990s. The search for a new face, after the happy one of childhood, oscillates between two consanguineous Naples which, however, fear and hate each other: the Naples above, which has given itself a fine mask, and the one below, which pretends to be excessive, trivial. Giovanna oscillates between high and low, now tumbling, now climbing, bewildered by the fact that, up or down, the city seems without answer and without escape.
January 5
10 Minutes Gone (2019)
Copenhagen Cowboy – Netflix Original
Copenhagen Cowboy is a thrill-inducing, neon-drenched noir series set across six episodes which follows enigmatic young heroine, Miu. After a lifetime of servitude and on the verge of a new beginning, she traverses the ominous landscape of Copenhagen’s criminal netherworld. Searching for justice and enacting vengeance, she encounters her nemesis, Rakel, as they embark on an odyssey through the natural and the supernatural. The past ultimately transforms and defines their future, as the two women discover they are not alone, they are many.
Ginny & Georgia (Season 2) – Netflix Original
Mars One (2022)
Stealing Raden Saleh (2022)
Woman of the Dead – Netflix Original
January 6
Love Island (Season 2)
Mumbai Mafia: Police vs The Underworld – Netflix Original
Pressure Cooker – Netflix Original
The Pale Blue Eye – Netflix Original
- Based on the novel of the same name by Louis Bayard, The Pale Blue Eye is set in 1830 West Point, where in the early hours of a gray winter morning, a cadet is found dead, but after the body arrives at the morgue, it’s discovered that the young man’s heart has been skillfully removed. In fear of irreparable damage to the fledgling military academy, its leaders ask detective Augustus Landor (Christian Bale) for help to solve the murder. Landor enlists the help of one of the cadets, Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling), to pursue the case, but he’s an eccentric cadet with a disdain for the rigors of the military and an obvious penchant for poetry.
The Ultimatum: France (Season 1 – Part 2) – Netflix Original
The Walking Dead (Season 11)
January 9
Vinland Saga (Season 1 – New Episodes)
January 10
Andrew Santino: Cheeseburger – Netflix Original
The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker – Netflix Original
The true story of Caleb "Kai" McGillvary, an unhoused nomad who, after saving a woman from a violent attack, became an overnight celebrity sought after by reality TV producers and adoring fans alike — until murder turned his fame into notoriety.
January 11
Noise – Netflix Original
Julia is a mother– or rather, one of many mothers, sisters, daughters, colleagues, who have had their lives torn by the widespread violence in a country gaging a war against its women. Julia is searching for Ger, her daughter. And in her search, she will weave through the stories and struggles of the different women she will meet.
Sexify (Season 2) – Netflix Original
January 12
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (Season 2) – Netflix Original
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House – Netflix Original
Vikings: Valhalla (Season 2) – Netflix Original
- The battle between pagans and Christians is far from over, and Leif, Freydis, and Harald are back in Vikings: Valhalla season 2. Picking up shortly after the tragic fall of Kattegat, Leif, Freydis, and Harald are now fugitives in Scandinavia and are forced to test their ambitions and courage in lands beyond the walls of Kattegat.
January 13
Disconnect: The Wedding Planner – Netflix Original
Dog Gone – Netflix Original
After a young man and his beloved dog are separated on the Appalachian Trail, he and his father must begin a desperate search to find him before it’s too late. Based on an incredible true story of humanity and everyday heroism.
Suzan & Freek – Netflix Original
When your world is turned upside down overnight, the pressure to stay afloat is high. In a time where people vent about everything, and are always looking for “the next big thing” or searching for drama, singing duo Suzan and Freek are at great peace. In the midst of all the hustle and bustle, they actually form a strong team. Sometimes things are good just the way they are, and sharing exactly that story is what can inspire others.
Sky Rojo (Season 3) – Netflix Original
Trial by Fire (Limited Series) – Netflix Original
January 16
Miu404 (Season 1)
January 17
The Devil to Pay (2019)
January 19
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre – Netflix Original
Khallat+ – Netflix Original
That ’90s Show – Netflix Original
- Welcome back to Point Place… except it’s 1995 now. Leia Forman, Eric and Donna’s daughter, is visiting her grandparents, Kitty and Red, for the summer, and she’s desperate for some adventure or at least a best friend who isn’t her dad. Leia finds exactly what she’s looking for when she meets Gwen, the rebellious neighbor, who along with her friends, takes Leia on different adventures that may or may have not happened to Eric and his friends back in the 1970s. Of course, Kitty is happy to have Leia and friends at home, but Red… not so much. Along with a new generation of troublemakers, That ‘90s Show will count on the appearances of the original cast.
The Pez Outlaw (2022)
Women at War (Season 1) – Netflix Original
January 20
Bake Squad (Season 2) – Netflix Original
Big Mäck: Gangsters and Gold – Netflix Original
Bling Empire: New York – Netflix Original
Meet a fresh group of wealthy, sophisticated and hilarious Asian-Americans from New York City, where the quality of real estate is measured by address, not acreage. Conversations are direct, not coded. And competition – for love, for money, and for power – is fierce. Billionaires, CEOs, and fashion icons - it’s a city where you can be anything you want to be.
Fauda (Season 4) – Netflix Original
Mission Majnu – Netflix Original
Jung_E – Netflix Original
Represent – Netflix Original
Represent is a comedy created by Jean-Pascal Zadi and François Uzan. It is directed by Jean-Pascal Zadi who plays Stéphane Blé, an idealistic educator who is inadvertently thrust into the French presidential race.
Shahmaran – Netflix Original
Shanty Town – Netflix Original
The Real World (Season 28)
January 23
Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
Narvik – Netflix Original
January 24
Little Angel (Season 2)
Physical: 100 – Netflix Original
January 25
Against The Ropes – Netflix Original
Begin Again (2013)
The Endless Night – Netflix Original
The Price of Family – Netflix Original
After twenty-five years, the perfect family separates: the children, Alessandra and Emilio, leave the nest and the province and go to live in the city, leaving their parents, Carlo and Anna, alone at last. Within a few months, the children, taken by their new life, limit relations with their parents to a few short calls, desert the relatives' funerals, no longer appear at birthdays and as a last straw, they will not spend Christmas with their family. Angry and desperate, Carlo and Anna decide to lie by pretending to have inherited six million euros from an old aunt in order to get their children back. The plan seems to work and, driven by the hope of being able to have their share of the inheritance to make their dreams come true, the children magically reappear, even assuring that they cannot miss Christmas with the family. How long will Carlo and Anna's lie last and what consequences will it have? Will they be able to celebrate Christmas with their children? And at what cost?
January 26
Daniel Spellbound (Season 2) – Netflix Original
Record of Ragnarok (Season 2 – Episodes 1-10) – Netflix Original
January 27
Kings of Jo’Burg (Season 2) – Netflix Original
Lockwood & Co. – Netflix Original
- Lockwood & Co. is a fantasy drama TV series set in a world plagued by ghosts. As such, giant corporations employ psychic teens to battle these supernatural entities, but only one company – the title Lockwood & Co. – operates without adult supervision. Run by rebellious young entrepreneur with a difficult past Anthony Lockwood (Cameron Chapman), his brilliant yet eccentric sidekick George (Ali Hadji-Heshmati), and a supremely gifted girl called Lucy (Ruby Stokes), this special trio are on their way to unraveling a terrifying mystery that will change the course of history.
The Snow Girl – Netflix Original
Malaga, 2010, Three Wise Men parade. The most magical moment of the year turns into a nightmare for the Martín family when their daughter Amaya disappears in the crowd. Miren, a trainee journalist, begins an investigation parallel to that of Inspector Millán that will awaken aspects of her past that she would have liked to forget. With the help of her journalist colleague Eduardo, Miren will not stop until she finds the girl. Where is Amaya Martín?
You People – Netflix Original
- In this rom-com movie directed by Kenya Barris, a new couple and their families find themselves examining the dynamics of modern love and family amidst clashing cultures, societal expectations, and generational differences. Starring are Jonah Hill, Lauren London, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nia Long, David Duchovny, and Eddie Murphy.
January 30
Princess Power – Netflix Original
January 31
Cunk on Earth – Netflix Original
Pamela, a love story – Netflix Original
An intimate and humanizing portrait of one of the world’s most famous blonde bombshells, Pamela, a love story follows the trajectory of Pamela Anderson’s life and career from small-town girl to international sex symbol, actress, activist, and doting mother.